3.0.0 1346 2023-01-11T16:32:42Z 2023-01-11T16:32:42Z Senate S S 2007-05-09 110 ssaf00 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2007-05-09T21:43:45Z Chesapeake's Healthy and Environmentally Sound Stewardship of Energy and Agriculture Act of 2007 110 1766 HR 2007-05-04 Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit, Energy, and Research. Related bill CRS 2007-05-09 ssaf00 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. IntroReferral 2007-05-09 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress M000702 Sen. Mikulski, Barbara A. [D-MD] BARBARA MIKULSKI D MD ANN N C000141 Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD] Ben Cardin D MD 2007-05-09 True W000154 Sen. Warner, John [R-VA] JOHN WARNER R VA WILLIAM 2007-05-09 True B000444 Sen. Biden, Joseph R., Jr. [D-DE] JOSEPH BIDEN D DE ROBINETTE 2007-05-09 True R000361 Sen. Rockefeller, John D., IV [D-WV] JAY ROCKEFELLER D WV 2007-05-09 True C000174 Sen. Carper, Thomas R. [D-DE] Thomas Carper D DE R. 2007-05-09 True W000803 Sen. Webb, Jim [D-VA] James Webb D VA H. "Jim" 2007-05-09 True C001070 Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA] Bob Casey D PA 2007-05-10 False S000709 Sen. Specter, Arlen [R-PA] ARLEN SPECTER R PA 2007-05-14 False C001041 Sen. Clinton, Hillary Rodham [D-NY] HILLARY CLINTON D NY R 2007-06-25 False Environmental Protection Agricultural conservation Agricultural pollution Agricultural subsidies Agricultural wastes Agriculture and Food Alcohol as fuel Animals Biomass energy Cellulose Chemicals Chesapeake Bay Commerce Commercialization Delaware Diesel motor District of Columbia Economics and Public Finance Energy Energy crops Energy efficiency Eutrophication Farm manure Federal aid to water pollution control Forest conservation Forest ecology Habitat conservation Marine and coastal resources, fisheries Marine pollution Marine resources conservation Maryland New York State Non-native species Pennsylvania Refuse as fuel Science, Technology, Communications Soybeans Subsidies Technology transfer Transportation and Public Works Virginia Water Resources Development Water pollution control Water quality Watersheds West Virginia Wetlands Environmental Protection 00 2007-05-09 Introduced in Senate 2007-10-23T16:41:23Z Chesapeake's Healthy and Environmentally Sound Stewardship of Energy and Agriculture Act of 2007 or CHESSEA Act of 2007 - Amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to extend funding for the the environmental quality incentives program. Gives program allocation priority to interstate watersheds. Provides a cost-share payment exception for limited resource and beginning farmers.

Provides: (1) cost-share and incentive payments for private forest owners to carry out specified conservation activities; and (2) state performance incentives.

Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to offer to enter into agreements with states and the District of Columbia containing all or a portion of a large waterbody or its tributaries (including the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries) for water quality initiatives. Authorizes appropriations.

Directs (current law authorizes) the Secretary to pay the cost of conservation innovation grants. Makes such grants available for projects that include a technology transfer plan.

Extends: (1) the conservation reserve program; (2) the conservation security program; and (3) the wetlands reserve program.

Directs the Secretary to establish a conservation planning pilot program in the Chesapeake Bay watershed. Authorizes appropriations.

Amends the Federal Crop Insurance Act to: (1) extend the agricultural management assistance program; and (2) make Virginia eligible for such assistance.

Amends the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 with respect to the biorefinery and biofuel grant program to: (1) extend such program; and (2) provide grants for Chesapeake Bay Watershed states (Delaware, Maryland, New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia and the District of Columbia) to develop the commercial viability of no-till soybean biodiesel production, cellulosic ethanol production, manure to energy processes, and other technologies that promote the conversion of biomass to fuels and chemicals and the reduction of nutrient impacts to water.

Extends the renewable energy systems and energy efficiency improvements program. Obligates amounts for Chesapeake Bay Watershed states.

]]> Chesapeake's Healthy and Environmentally Sound Stewardship of Energy and Agriculture Act of 2007 Display Title Chesapeake's Healthy and Environmentally Sound Stewardship of Energy and Agriculture Act of 2007 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend conservation and biofuels programs of the Department of Agriculture to promote the compatible goals of economically viable agricultural production and reducing nutrient loads in the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries by assisting agricultural producers to make beneficial, cost-effective changes to cropping systems, grazing management, and nutrient management associated with livestock and poultry production, crop production, bioenergy production, and other agricultural practices on agricultural land within the Chesapeake Bay watershed, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Chesapeake's Healthy and Environmentally Sound Stewardship of Energy and Agriculture Act of 2007 Short Titles as Introduced CHESSEA Act of 2007 Introduced in Senate 2007-05-09T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s1346is/xml/BILLS-110s1346is.xml 2007-05-09 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.